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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <ul><li>Construction of <a href="/facts/B%C3%B6ttcherstra%C3%9Fe/H6UUGVpI">Böttcherstraße</a> in <a href="/facts/Bremen/y56P3Pyk">Bremen</a>, Germany, in the <a href="/facts/Brick_Expressionism/q1d9JGtB">Brick Expressionist</a> style, begins.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li>The proposed construction of a <a href="/facts/Tatlin%27s_Tower/7ReB1Qsz">Monument to the Third International</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Vladimir_Tatlin/5GI70VQI">Vladimir Tatlin</a>, is cancelled.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1922</p> <h3>Buildings opened</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/March_21/5h4oCUn7">March 21</a> – Rebuilt <a href="/facts/London_Waterloo_station/24B1wPra">London Waterloo station</a> with war memorial entrance is officially opened (engineers: J. W. Jacomb-Hood and A. W. Szlumper; architect: J. R. Scott).</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_30/yUrMLpME">May 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Lincoln_Memorial/luwwCTEc">Lincoln Memorial</a> in <a href="/facts/Washington,_D.C./enXPK156">Washington, D.C.</a>, <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> is dedicated by William H. Taft, in the presence of Abraham Lincoln's son, 79-year-old <a href="/facts/Robert_Todd_Lincoln/m7x5h5QG">Robert Todd Lincoln</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_9/sL5DYEJ0">June 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Spalding_War_Memorial/b8VyVhpu">Spalding War Memorial</a> in England, designed by Sir <a href="/facts/Edwin_Lutyens/uByyBKRS">Edwin Lutyens</a>, is dedicated.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_14/m78KG8kX">October 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Gerrards_Cross_Memorial_Building/95TJNyUk">Gerrards Cross Memorial Building</a> in England, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, is dedicated.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_26/8mzsvBXL">November 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Rochdale_Cenotaph/zvVgRxP4">Rochdale Cenotaph</a> in England, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, is dedicated.</li></ul> <h3>Buildings completed</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Estonia/PVjB16TI">Estonian</a> Constituent Assembly (<a href="/facts/Riigikogu/erwMvcMj">Riigikogu</a>) building in <a href="/facts/Toompea_Castle/U3R69IpG">Toompea Castle</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Eugen_Habermann/mzoEpCI6">Eugen Habermann</a> and <a href="/facts/Herbert_Johanson/lUS0DVD2">Herbert Johanson</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Church_of_the_Sacred_Heart_and_St_Catherine_of_Alexandria/ABxvoPbK">Church of the Sacred Heart and St Catherine of Alexandria</a> (Roman Catholic) <a href="/facts/Droitwich_Spa/dU3JwsSI">Droitwich Spa</a>, England, by Frank B. Peacock.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Antiguo_Casino_de_Ponce/17wNr2m3">Antiguo Casino de Ponce</a>, Puerto Rico, by Agustin Camilo Gonzalez.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Phitsanulok_Mansion/rXU8alPm">Phitsanulok Mansion</a> in <a href="/facts/Bangkok/WRxftcFz">Bangkok</a>, by <a href="/facts/Mario_Tamagno/Id2jJt1T">Mario Tamagno</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Shabolovka_tower/k1qdgQk7">Shabolovka tower</a> in <a href="/facts/Moscow/XUU6VkdY">Moscow</a>, <a href="/facts/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic/W9pC4bK6">Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic</a>, by <a href="/facts/Vladimir_Shukhov/7x9k2s88">Vladimir Shukhov</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wolseley_Motors/3P2WVVy2">Wolseley Motors</a> showrooms, 160 <a href="/facts/Piccadilly/kl9yLg11">Piccadilly</a>, <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a>, by <a href="/facts/William_Curtis_Green/Dszzanvm">W. Curtis Green</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wrigley_Building/w2dFsh7G">Wrigley Building</a> in <a href="/facts/Chicago/yPMokrXH">Chicago</a>, Illinois, by <a href="/facts/Graham,_Anderson,_Probst_%26_White/wGX0Dy90">Graham, Anderson, Probst & White</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Shukhov_Tower/k1qdgQk7">Shukhov Tower</a> in <a href="/facts/Moscow/XUU6VkdY">Moscow</a>, by <a href="/facts/Vladimir_Shukhov/7x9k2s88">Vladimir Shukhov</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/AIA_Gold_Medal/WBHeDAGH">AIA Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Victor_Laloux/jjGPqKCs">Victor Laloux</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Royal_Institute_of_British_Architects/grdupR5D">RIBA</a> <a href="/facts/Royal_Gold_Medal/xhPS9zJU">Royal Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Thomas_Hastings_(architect)/eVrqKUrV">Thomas Hastings</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Grand_Prix_de_Rome/edb3ht9K">Grand Prix de Rome</a>, architecture: Robert Giroud.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_4/krKQrxA8">January 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Mart_Port/coxlIgSp">Mart Port</a>, Estonian architect (died <a href="/facts/2012_in_architecture/qSgJNBzd">2012</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_14/psCU0ha1">March 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Colin_St_John_Wilson/JXYN90Wa">Colin St John Wilson</a>, English architect (died <a href="/facts/2007_in_architecture/0XdH4NTI">2007</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_13/DI6WefJX">April 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Valve_Pormeister/584ckHzy">Valve Pormeister</a>, Estonian architect (died <a href="/facts/2002_in_architecture/yFseefJe">2002</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_29/aEkfT7p6">May 29</a> – <a href="/facts/Iannis_Xenakis/bHTIw88C">Iannis Xenakis</a>, Greek composer, music theorist and architect-engineer (died <a href="/facts/2001_in_architecture/CRU1nWnL">2001</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_14/lh9kkXn2">June 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Kevin_Roche/o8SGqjUX">Kevin Roche</a>, Irish-born American Pritzker Prize-winning architect (died <a href="/facts/2019_in_architecture/mKpHM6UC">2019</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bill_Howell_(architect)/bdxxjxqC">Bill Howell</a>, British architect (died <a href="/facts/1974_in_architecture/mAKE9Nqw">1974</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/April_18/5xfe2buq">April 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Hjalmar_Welhaven/ExrLog7H">Hjalmar Welhaven</a>, Norwegian architect, palace manager and sportsman (born <a href="/facts/1850_in_architecture/1Lun2evm">1850</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_21/TjbcmpgH">July 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Eug%C3%A8ne_Vallin/gdnhnsYh">Eugène Vallin</a>, French architect, furniture designer and manufacturer (born <a href="/facts/1856_in_architecture/HRJJIJ3G">1856</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_19/KurgveR6">September 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Benjamin_D._Price/QEFHDz70">Benjamin D. Price</a>, American architect known principally for his catalogue sales of plans for churches (born <a href="/facts/1845_in_architecture/qzEVAymV">1845</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_4/VG2J0cjd">December 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Hermann_Baag%C3%B8e_Storck/9TUraS0J">Hermann Baagøe Storck</a>, Danish architect and heraldist (born <a href="/facts/1839_in_architecture/J0ojqclF">1839</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_8/6efHKDyg">December 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Ernest_George/9WDYLRR2">Ernest George</a>, English architect and painter (born 1839)</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Henry_Miller_(architect)/EacEJbmj">William Henry Miller</a>, American architect based in <a href="/facts/Ithaca,_New_York/mPyMCjEd">Ithaca, New York</a> (born <a href="/facts/1848_in_architecture/hpX9wJUy">1848</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Tim Benton (1975). Expressionism. Open University Press. p. 28. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Honour, H. and Fleming, J. (2009) A World History of Art. 7th edn. London: Laurence King Publishing, p. 819. ISBN 978-1-85669-584-8 <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Honour" target="_blank">/wiki/Hugh_Honour</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Pfanz, Donald C. (1981-03-24). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Lincoln Memorial". National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2009-11-03. p. 5. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120224002508/http://image1.nps.gov:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=NRHP&item=%2FText%2FNRHP-6340b4580b4649f499fbab210684e03f.djvu&style=nps%2FFOCUS-DJview.xsl&wid=640&hei=480&oif=jpeg&props=item%28SUMMARY%2CCOPYRIGHT%29" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120224002508/http://image1.nps.gov:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=NRHP&item=%2FText%2FNRHP-6340b4580b4649f499fbab210684e03f.djvu&style=nps%2FFOCUS-DJview.xsl&wid=640&hei=480&oif=jpeg&props=item%28SUMMARY%2CCOPYRIGHT%29</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Historia del Antiguo Casino de Ponce. Government of the Municipality of Ponce. p.1 (14 pages). Available from the Casino's walk-in office. <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Sir Colin St John Wilson". The Daily Telegraph. 15 May 2007. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-09-01. <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1551654/Sir-Colin-St-John-Wilson.html" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1551654/Sir-Colin-St-John-Wilson.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Valve Pormeister 13. IV 1922 – 27. X 2002", Sirp.ee. (in Estonian) Retrieved 14 February 2012. <a href="http://www.sirp.ee/archive/2002/01.11.02/Kunst/kunst1-6.html" target="_blank">http://www.sirp.ee/archive/2002/01.11.02/Kunst/kunst1-6.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Ole Petter Bjerkek. "Hjalmar Welhaven". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved September 1, 2017. <a href="https://nkl.snl.no/Hjalmar_Welhaven" target="_blank">https://nkl.snl.no/Hjalmar_Welhaven</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>